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HE FACES UP TO
25 YEARS IN PRISON IF CONVICTED.
IT'S A DAY YOUNG GIRLS WILL
LIKELY NEVER FORGET.
THEY SAT
DOWN WITH FIRST LADY MICHELLE
OBAMA TODAY AND SHE HAD ONE
THING ON HER MIND.
EDUCATION.
CBS 2'S EM
ILY SMITH WITH THE
STORY NEW AT 6:00.
Reporter: NEARLY A THOUSAND
NEW YORK CITY GIRLS JOINED WITH
FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA TODAY
TO HAVE A GLOBAL CONVERSATION
ABOUT GIRL POWER AND EDUCATION.
I COULDN'T BE HERE DOING
THIS WITH YOU ALL IF I HADN'T
STAYED IN SCHOOL, IF I HAD LET
SOMEBODY MAKE ME DEPRESSED AND
NOT ABLE TO GET UP IN THE
MORNING.
Reporter: THE FIRST LADY
SHARED THE STAGE WITH CHARLIZE
THERON.
TODAY *** KILLS MORE WOMEN
OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE THAN
ANYTHING ES.
Reporter: AND NER FATA, A
16-YEAR-OLD GIRL.
YOU'RE BEING INSPIRED BY ME
AND ALSO I'M BEING INSPIRED BY
YOU.
Reporter: THE EVENT CALLED
THE POWER OF AN EDUCATED GIRL,
PRESENTED BY GLAMOUR MAGAZINE,
TO EDUCATE MORE THAN 62 MILLION
GIRLS AROUND THE WORLD WHO ARE
NOT IN SCHOOL.
AND MRS. OBAMA
ENCOURAGES ALL YOUNG GIRLS TO
FOCUS ON EDUCATION INSTEAD OF
BOYS, PARTICULARLY BOYS WHO
DON'T REPRESENT EDUCATED WOMEN.
THERE IS NO BOY AT THIS AGE
THAT IS CUTE ENOUGH OR
INTERESTING ENOUGH TO STOP YOU
FROM GETTING YOUR EDUCATION.
LOOK, IF I HAD WORRIED ABOUT WHO
LIKED ME AND WHO THOUGHT I WAS
CUTE WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE, I
WOULDN'T BE MARRIED TO THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
TODAY.
FOCUS ON SCHOOL NOW AND BOYS
LATER AND MAYBE YOU'LL MARRY THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES?
YEAH.
[ LAUGHTER ] YOU
NEVER KNOW.
Reporter: ALL
TAKING NOTE,
EDUCATION IS THE KEY TO THEIR
FUTURE.
FROM THE APOLLO, EMILY
SMITH, CBS 2 NEWS.
THE FIRST LADY ALSO
ENCOURAGING THE YOUNG GIRLS TO
USE THE HASHTAG 62 MILLION GIRLS
ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
AGAIN THAT
NUMBER 62 MILLION, THE NUMBER OF
GIRLS WORLDWIDE THE FIRST LADY